I live two miles away from what will soon be the largest ski area in the United States, Park City Mountain Resort (PCMR). Vail Resorts recently bought PCMR and plans to combine it with Canyons Resort, which they already operate right next door. This news made me very happy, because it means my family can now ski 7,300 acres for the roughly $500 read »

For this quarter, we expect the company’s revenues to grow on a year-over-year basis on the back of strong demand for panels (the company has guided shipments of over 1 GW for the quarter), although margins could decline slightly owing to a smaller mix of project sales and a possibility of higher sales to China. During Q3, the company saw read »

We think the industry dynamics are clearly unfavorable for Zynga, as many of the Porter Five Forces indicate a high level of threat. Although already intense, the competitive rivalry within the industry could further intensify in the future due to the low barriers to entry in the mobile gaming business. Coupled with high bargaining power for read »

The crux is that the company is making some significant moves to expand in a market with strong growth potential. Cancer drugs have traditionally been much less effective as compared to drugs catering other therapeutic areas. Besides, there are numerous types and sub-types of cancer which warrant development of very specific drugs. These factors read »

An important factor behind the notable increase in profitability for the credit card industry over recent years has been the marked reduction in loan charge-off rates from the highs witnessed in late 2010. In the aftermath of the economic downturn, many cardholders defaulted on their obligations. The situation for card lenders was exacerbated by read »

For 2015, Intel’s key goal is to improve its profitability in the mobile segment as the company believes that it has done a good job establishing itself as one of the top producers of silicon in tablets. As Intel’s SoFIA SoC ramps, it will progressively reduce the building material cost that have adversely affected the company’s gross margins in read »

This morning Goldman Sachs downgraded MannKind to a sell with a target price of $3 due to the disappointing launch of Afrezza. MannKind shares are currently trading down about 10% from yesterday. Nate Pile named MannKind his best idea for 2015. Should you follow Goldman’s advice, or Nate’s. read »

A study of analyst recommendations at the major brokerages shows that WABCO Holdings Inc (NYSE: WBC) is the #49 broker analyst pick among those stocks screened by The Online Investor for strong stock buyback activity. To make that list, a stock must have repurchased at least 5% of its outstanding shares over the trailing twelve month period. In read »

Best Buy (BBY) declared a special, one-time dividend of $0.51 per share and a regular quarterly dividend of $0.23 per share. The special cash dividend and the regular quarterly cash dividend will be payable on April 14, 2015 to shareholders of record as of the close of business on March 24, 2015.

The First Trust Large Cap Growth AlphaDEX Fund ETF (FTC) is seeing unusually high volume in afternoon trading Tuesday, with over 754,000 shares traded versus three month average volume of about 83,000. Shares of FTC were down about 1.3% on the day.

Components of that ETF with the highest volume on Tuesday were Apple (AAPL), trading read »

In trading on Tuesday, the SPDR S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production ETF (XOP) is outperforming other ETFs, up about 2.3% on the day. Components of that ETF showing particular strength include shares of Sanchez Energy (SN), up about 7.9% and shares of Bonanza Creek Energy (BCEI), up about 6.7% on the day.